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thomascrown · 20-09-2006 4:59pm #1

I finished a corporal's course over the summer, and one guy on there and his brother had this cool polish stuff for their parade boots. They were shiny as f**k, and they never had to polish em,

so I went shopping around, and I found the stuff, it works a treat

go to Link Removed, the site's an all irish affair an this stuff works a treat!

Bam Bam · 20-09-2006 5:44pm

Fantastic resource Man, well done. Will defo use this lot,

cushtac · 20-09-2006 10:14pm

Be careful putting it on, if you're too heavy with the brush you'll leave stroke marks. Use a good brush too, otherwise you'll be picking the loose bristles off your toecap.

It's like varnish really.

thomascrown · 23-09-2006 2:57pm

ya, but it doesnt seem to crack or peel, guaranteed apparantly!

dunno bout the brush, i used the yoke that camme with the tin, it worked perfectly

aslongasitsloud · 07-11-2006 4:28pm

heyTom,

Sound for the heads up on this one, the site is well fancy, so I wasn't too sure about it, but I emailed yerman who runs it and he answered all my questions, I went and bit the bullet and ordered the kit, and not even a week later, I can see meself in the boots!

Will use again, Sound again Thomascrown

aslongasitsloud · 07-11-2006 4:29pm

oh ya, and to cushtac, I dunno what you mean the brush thing? Theres this bit of sponge thats built into the lid, works a charm

bullets · 10-11-2006 8:17am

Out of Interest how are poeple getting their boots shiny now.
I was in the FCA years ago and we never touched off a Brush!

Kiwi Parade Gloss and a yellow cloth in small circles mixed with
cold water. For Buffing we found Pretty Poly Womens tights were the
best brand to give a good extra shine. at the Time Pretty Poly were very
expensive tights for women compared to whatever normal brands they used.

As a recruit I made the mistake of burning my boots then covering with
polish and candlewax. They were the best boots of all with a mirror finish
but after parade there was a tradition of your mates standing on em and ruining the finish. Also the leather ended up like wood and cracked less than a year later.

~B
http://bullets.gothic.ie

Steyr · 10-11-2006 1:22pm

Hey bullet i use Punch Liquid Polish:D Lazy arse i am!

51BN, RDF.

The thing · 10-11-2006 10:48pm

Black high gloss spray paint does the same job.

bullets · 15-11-2006 8:46am

In an emergancy once I sprayed mine with WD-40
and amazing temp shine but the lubricant attracted the dust
within an hour or two.

~B

Banditboy_irl · 05-01-2007 12:20am

Parade gloss ... Those where the days ... sniff Sniff ....

source · 08-01-2007 3:05pm

I'm still using Kiwi, applying loads with one brush and burning it in, then buffing off with another brush and shining up with tights, looks like the old ways are the best, it takes some time but wow what a shine!!!!

Hagar · 08-01-2007 4:36pm

Yer man swans in , his first post pimps a product, albeit a good one, he posts again on the same thread and hasn't posted again in 4 months. Can anyone spell "Shill"???

Banned. Site ban requested.

DarkMuse · 10-01-2007 1:09am

It may be a plug but thats annoying, I looked at the product the other day and was going to buy it but now the links removed!!

Hagar · 10-01-2007 6:26am

Sorry about that but advertising in that manner is against Boards.ie policy not just here in the Military Forum. As soon as it was noticed it had to be removed.

I'm sure if you PM one of the earlier posters on the thread they would PM the details to you.

DarkMuse · 10-01-2007 4:05pm

Hagar wrote:

Sorry about that but advertising in that manner is against Boards.ie policy not just here in the Military Forum. As soon as it was noticed it had to be removed.

I'm sure if you PM one of the earlier posters on the thread they would PM the details to you.

ah Im sure its better in the long run to have a policy like that,thanks I never thought of that actually!!

source · 12-01-2007 9:02pm

Dark muse, the best thing for a mirror like shine, is bulling the boots with Kiwi like said above. Don't worry about the miracle fixes you'll be much happier with the results if you do it the traditional way.

DarkMuse · 13-01-2007 3:51pm

foinse wrote:

Dark muse, the best thing for a mirror like shine, is bulling the boots with Kiwi like said above. Don't worry about the miracle fixes you'll be much happier with the results if you do it the traditional way.

Ah alright so,I guess I'll be sticking with the normal way:rolleyes:

source · 13-01-2007 5:47pm

Hard work but well worth it

newby.204 · 04-03-2007 5:14pm

thomascrown wrote:

I finished a corporal's course over the summer, and one guy on there and his brother had this cool polish stuff for their parade boots. They were shiny as f**k, and they never had to polish em,

so I went shopping around, and I found the stuff, it works a treat

go to Link Removed, the site's an all irish affair an this stuff works a treat!

Gerrowadat, don't take the pi$$.

Magnum · 13-04-2007 9:02pm

bullets wrote:

Out of Interest how are poeple getting their boots shiny now.
I was in the FCA years ago and we never touched off a Brush!

Kiwi Parade Gloss and a yellow cloth in small circles mixed with
cold water. For Buffing we found Pretty Poly Womens tights were the
best brand to give a good extra shine. at the Time Pretty Poly were very
expensive tights for women compared to whatever normal brands they used.

As a recruit I made the mistake of burning my boots then covering with
polish and candlewax. They were the best boots of all with a mirror finish
but after parade there was a tradition of your mates standing on em and ruining the finish. Also the leather ended up like wood and cracked less than a year later.

~B
http://bullets.gothic.ie

We did the very same, Wow memories.
I was in E Coy 14Batt.........

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